Ventura Highway
Dewey Bunnell

America
Homecoming
1972

This is a neat song with a cool riff.  Very simple
chords, but a fun, energetic song.  Have fun with it!

Chords

The intro is just this riff over some chords.  It's basically
the same the whole way through.  It also appears in the song.

                                     Gmaj7
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:-5h7p5---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------7---5h7p5-----------7---|---------------------------------|
G:---------------------6---6p7-----|-7-------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


                                     Dmaj7
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:-5h7p5---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------7---5p7h5-----------7---|---------------------------------|
G:---------------------6---6h7-----|-6-------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


                                     Gmaj7
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:-5h7p5---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------7---5h7p5-----------7---|---------------------------------|
G:---------------------6---6p7-----|-7-------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


                                     Dmaj7
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:-5h7p5---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------7---5p7h5-----------7---|---------------------------------|
G:---------------------6---6h7-----|-6-------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


                                     Gmaj7        chewin' on a piece of grass
   +       +       +       +         +       +       +       +
e:-5h7p5---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B:---------7---5h7p5-----------7---|---------5---7-------------------|
G:---------------------6---6p7-----|-7-------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E:---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


Gmaj7                                          Dmaj7
   Chewin' on a piece of grass walkin' down the road
Gmaj7                        Dmaj7
   Tell me how long you gonna stay here Joe
Gmaj7                                  Dmaj7
   Some people say this town don't look good in snow
Gmaj7                 Dmaj7
   You don't care I know

PRE-CHORUS
Gmaj7                    Dmaj7
   Ventura Highway in the sunshine
          Gmaj7                                      Dmaj7
Where the days are longer the nights are stronger than moonshine
Gmaj7                Dmaj7
   You're gonna go I know

A

CHORUS
          Gmaj7                A6
Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
        Gmaj7              A6
And the days surround your daylight there
Gmaj7          A6
Seasons crying no dispair
    Gmaj7                A6
Alligator lizards in the air
       Gmaj7
In the air

Play intro riff over these chords:

Doo doo do do   doo doo do do
Dmaj7		Gmaj7
Dmaj7		Gmaj7


Wishin' on a falling star waitin' for the early train
Sorry boy but I've been hit by purple rain
Aw come on Joe you can always change your name
Thanks a lot son just the same

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

Doo doo do do doo doo do do

fade out


CHORDS (all barre chords):

Gmaj7	3x0032
Dmaj7	xx0222
A6	x02222

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.